Bottle shelf or support.



` S. STBRNAU & G. NELSON.

BOTTLE SHELF 0B. SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.11, 1911.

Patented May 13, 1913.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIGMUND STERNAU yAND CHARLES NELSON, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR'S4 TO S. STERNAU 8c COMPANY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A COPABTNETRSHIP.

BOTTLE SHELF 0R SUPPORT.

spammen of Letters Patent.

Application tiled February 1.1, 1911. Serial No. 607,910.

To all whom it may cn'cam Be it known that we, SIGMUND STERNAU,

a citizen of the United States, residin in the borough of Manhattan, county of ew and State of New York, and CHARLES ELsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brookl n, county of rKings, city and State of ew York, have invented a certain new and useful Bottle Shelf or Support, of which the following is a specification.

The object we have in view is the roduction of a supfport for bottles and t e like, particularly or medicine bottles, in bath rooms, wh1ch will be cheap, durable, easily cleaned, and sanitary, and at the same time ornamental. These and 4further objects will more fully appear from the following specification and accompanying drawings, considered together or separately.

In the drawings: Flgure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying our invention, showing four bottles thereon. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view.

In all of the views, like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

According to our invention, the device chosen for illustration comprises a shelf 1, supports therefor, and a rack for holding the bottles in position. The shelf 1 is preferably made of a slab of glass, which is ornamental, easily-cleaned, and sanitary, as well as durable. The invention, however, is not limited to such material for this purpose, as other substances may be employed. The supports for' the shelf comprise brackets 2, 2, whlch are secured to the wall or other support (see Fig. 3). These brackets have, on their upper ends, arms 4, 4, u on which the shelf rests. These arms we pre er to make of sheet material, preferably metal, with the extremities bent upward as shown in Fig. 3, for holding the shelf in position. The rear extremit 5 is bent upward, as shown in Fig. 3, whi e the front extremity 6 is bent upward the extent of the thickness of the shelf, and then inward at 7, forming a hook. This hook 7 has an inclined lower face, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the shelf may he removed by tllting up its rear edge to clear the upper edge of the rear extremity 5, then pushing it back until the front edge clears i the inner extremity of the hook 7, whereupon "the front'edge can be lifted up and the shelf thereby removed. The rear extremity 5, to permit this to be done, should be located in such relation to the bracket 2 that there will be space enough between it and the wall 3 to permit the shelf to be moved backward a sutlicient distance to disengage itself from thel hook 7. A On each arm 4, preferably near the back, is lan extension 8, and carried by this extension is a pillar or ost 9. These pillars serve as a support for t e rack'lO, and also serve as a means for preventing the shelf from being moved endwise. These pillars, together with the extensions 5 and 6 and hook 7, firmly hold the shelf in position upon the brackets.

The rack l0 is 11, and a front member 12. In addition to these it may have intermediate members 13, for imparting strength to the rack, and also for providing compartments for keeping the bott es separate. lhese intermediate members, however, may be omitted. The rear member 11 is shown as strai ht, while the front member has curved en s formin the sides of the rack, and the ends of the ront member are connected permanentl to the rear member near the extremities o the lat-v ter. The rear member is connected to the pillars 9, 9 preferably by a hin ed connection so that the rack can be li ted up for cleaning. This connection is made by reducing the extremities of the rear member forming spindles 14, 111, and these spindles enter openings in the upper extremities of the pillars 9, 9.

For the pur ose of supporting the front end of the rac legs 15 are provided, such legs depending from the front member and resting upon a portion of the support. We prefer to have them engage with the hooks 7, 7, as shown, as by this arrangement, when the shelf is made of glass, there is no danger of the legs dropping and breaking, or marring the. glass. The lower ends of the legs may be provided with spherical extremities, as shown, for ornamentation.

It is apparent that the shelf may be read` ily cleansed by removing the bot-tles, then lifting up Vthe rack, allowing it to turn upon its pivoted connection to the dotted.

line position shown in Fig. 3, or further, thus exposing the top of the shelf.' It is also apformed of a rearmember" parent from the foregoing description, that the shelf may be removed from its support for cleaning or replacement. p

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes We have described the principle of our invention together with the ap-x paratus 'which We now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but We desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that the invention can be carried out in other Ways.

Having now described our invention, what We claim as new and desire to secure -by Letters latent is l. A bottle support comprising a slab and a support for such slab, said support coinprising a plurality brackets, an arm on each of said brackets', said arms engaging with the bottom of the slab, said arms also having bent extremities, one extremity engaging with the front edge of the slab, anextension on eachbracket to one side, a pillar or post on the extension, and a rack secured to the pillar or post, such pillar or. post supporting the rack and also serving as a' stop for preventing the slab from mo-ving endvvise.

2. A bottle support comprising a slab, and a support for such' slab, said support comprising a plurality of brackets, arms on the brackets engaging with the bottom of the slab, said arms having bent extremities, -a nook on one ci said bent extremities engaging with the front edge of the slab and holdtremities, the front extremity being continued into a hook which passes over the upper front edge of the shelf, the rear bent extremity engaging with the rear edge only of the shelf, the hook holding down the front edge of the shelf, and the rear bent extremity holding the shelf in engagement ,with the hook, the rear extremity being sutlieiently removed from the wall to permitthe shelf to be lifted up in the rear, and moved backward and thereby becoming disengaged trom the hook.

A. bottle support which comprises brackets having arms, said arms having rear and front extensions, a hook on the front extension; a shelf within the bracket and resting on the arms; a rack pivoted to pillars on the arms, said ,rack having legs Which rest upon the hooks, out of engagement with the shelf. l

'lhis specification lsigned and witnessed this 3l day of Jan. 1911. l .t

SIGMUND STERNAU. CHARLES NELSON.

Nitnessesz f D. HESSLER,

A. MCKENNA. 

